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Wedge, June, 1981, Vol. 10, No. 11

Page 1

Dorothy M. Burke
Minneapolis History, Collection
• public Library,
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Ma 55^0l
•
LOWRY HILL EAST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
2524 ALDRICH AVE. S. MPLS. 55405
Glean Sweep
by Marsha Seltz
The annual Spring Clean-
- Up took place on May 9th. Many
^Lowry Kill East residents
''helped clean their blocks,
alleys, and their neighborhood
park. At 12:30 p.m., many of
the same residents met at
Mueller Park for a potluck.
There was plenty of gqbd food
and ice cream was graciously
provided by Meg and Dennis
Tuthill. There was a"j3j>*eeial
feature this year at the^Park.
We were entertained by a local
band, The Puppys. The band's
manager, Mike Wilhelm, volunteered the group for the afternoon, and even the police
stopped to listen to their
music.
The following volunteers
helped to organize their blocks
for the Spring Clean-Up:
Kathleen and David Forney,
Don Anderson, Sheldon Strom,
Meg Tuthill, Mary Vanderford,
.Lorraine Scott, Diana and Bob
Beatty, David Clark, Pat Waalk,
Jerry Trigg, John Bode, Anders
Christensen, Chrissy Mahaffy,
Rita Martinez, Bernard
Rosenquist, Helen Romanishan,
Vicki Barbour, Herman Weinlick,
LuAnn Hansen, John Wright,
and Jerry Henderson.
Bob Mueller represented
Lowry Hill East at the CUE
celebration. On that occasion,
FLOWERS ALONGSIDE THE HORSESHOE COURT
at Mueller Park, planted May 18 by
Lowry Hill East boys and girls, are
expected to rival the blooms above,
photographed at the same place three
years ago. Mary Maguire Lerman, coordinator of Horticulture Programs for
the Minneapolis Park and Recreation
Board, instructed the planters.
The young neighborhood planters were
Leesha Atkins, Shannon Atkins, Shawn
Atkins, Chanla Chanthalangsy,
Lai Chanthalangsy, Chanlakhone Daohe-
uang, Roger Harwood, David Higdom,
Brian Leider, Wiley Morain, Sonya Nelson, Danielle Peterson, Kali Peterson,
Noi Phoyduangdy, Souriya Phoyduangdy,
lfethana Phoyduangdy, Tracy Schreiner,
Noah Seltz, Tonya Skorich, Joseph
Waalt, Abe Welter, David Weinlick.
"THS PUPPIES" MADS MUSIC during Lowry
Hill East "Clean Sweep" festivities
at Mueller Park, May 9* Shown are
Bass Guitar—Scott Anderson, Lead
Guitar—Paul Bryan, Lead Vocals—
Lisa Justin, Rhythm Guitar—
Mike Carrick, Drums—Kevin Brewick.
Mike and Mary Vanderford were
honored for planting flowers
at Mueller Park.
I would like to thank all
of you, who helped with this
year's clean-up. I would like
to give a special thanks to
Dennis Tuthill and Mike Wilhelm.
Others involved in planning and
execution of the day's activity include Lawrence Hutera of the park
staff, Dick McChesney, Nancy Alquist
of Fifth Northwestern Bank, and
Jeff Bodine of Bodine Musio.
Reapportionment
-i^--v LP vl * V •••••••••••••••••••••••••
by HERB MUELLER
CCUFRGNTSD with some awesome sixth
and seventh ward gerrymandering in
the reapportionment commission's intended final city reapportionment
- 'plan, that kicked Lowry Hill Bast out
**"*& its historic Calhoun-Isles community and plopped it down in a
strange new sixth ward that looks
like a turkey buzzard on the new map
(it sprawls snakelike miles eastward
almost to the Mississippi R.), a
powerful Lowry Hill Sast delegation
to the crucial Government Center
hearing Wedneday night exploded in
outrage and protest*
Although the cot-mission was established by the charter commission to
by-pass the heavy political hand of
the city council in the post-census
reapportioning, if party politics has
been removed it was not visible to
the large Lowry Hill last (LH3) delegation. ?his neighborhood is said to
have the largest single neighborhood
population in the citym yet it was
the neighborhood most imposed upon,
the neighborhood that was kicked
around the most, the neighborhood
that suffered the great losses of all
it foas battled for for ten years, and
saw its renaissance that has been
called the miracle of the Minneapolis
neighborhoods flouted in ignorance,
indifference, and the primary objective of making the seventh ward
"totally safe" for a political party.
Reapportionment, Con't. Page 12
Flowers planted were Carina, bellow
King Humbert1? Nicotiana, 'Nicki'
(white); Petunia, 'Happiness' (.ink);
Vinca, ■Little Delicate1; Celosia,
'Apricot Brandy'; Ageratum, 'Blue
Blazer1; Petunia. 'Cherry Frost'.
3 Analysis
Reapportionment
k Clean Sweep
5 Housing
6 Seniors
8 Schools
11 Mueller Park
13 Neighbors
1^ Perils
Recycling - June 19

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Transcript

Dorothy M. Burke
Minneapolis History, Collection
• public Library,
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Ma 55^0l
•
LOWRY HILL EAST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
2524 ALDRICH AVE. S. MPLS. 55405
Glean Sweep
by Marsha Seltz
The annual Spring Clean-
- Up took place on May 9th. Many
^Lowry Kill East residents
''helped clean their blocks,
alleys, and their neighborhood
park. At 12:30 p.m., many of
the same residents met at
Mueller Park for a potluck.
There was plenty of gqbd food
and ice cream was graciously
provided by Meg and Dennis
Tuthill. There was a"j3j>*eeial
feature this year at the^Park.
We were entertained by a local
band, The Puppys. The band's
manager, Mike Wilhelm, volunteered the group for the afternoon, and even the police
stopped to listen to their
music.
The following volunteers
helped to organize their blocks
for the Spring Clean-Up:
Kathleen and David Forney,
Don Anderson, Sheldon Strom,
Meg Tuthill, Mary Vanderford,
.Lorraine Scott, Diana and Bob
Beatty, David Clark, Pat Waalk,
Jerry Trigg, John Bode, Anders
Christensen, Chrissy Mahaffy,
Rita Martinez, Bernard
Rosenquist, Helen Romanishan,
Vicki Barbour, Herman Weinlick,
LuAnn Hansen, John Wright,
and Jerry Henderson.
Bob Mueller represented
Lowry Hill East at the CUE
celebration. On that occasion,
FLOWERS ALONGSIDE THE HORSESHOE COURT
at Mueller Park, planted May 18 by
Lowry Hill East boys and girls, are
expected to rival the blooms above,
photographed at the same place three
years ago. Mary Maguire Lerman, coordinator of Horticulture Programs for
the Minneapolis Park and Recreation
Board, instructed the planters.
The young neighborhood planters were
Leesha Atkins, Shannon Atkins, Shawn
Atkins, Chanla Chanthalangsy,
Lai Chanthalangsy, Chanlakhone Daohe-
uang, Roger Harwood, David Higdom,
Brian Leider, Wiley Morain, Sonya Nelson, Danielle Peterson, Kali Peterson,
Noi Phoyduangdy, Souriya Phoyduangdy,
lfethana Phoyduangdy, Tracy Schreiner,
Noah Seltz, Tonya Skorich, Joseph
Waalt, Abe Welter, David Weinlick.
"THS PUPPIES" MADS MUSIC during Lowry
Hill East "Clean Sweep" festivities
at Mueller Park, May 9* Shown are
Bass Guitar—Scott Anderson, Lead
Guitar—Paul Bryan, Lead Vocals—
Lisa Justin, Rhythm Guitar—
Mike Carrick, Drums—Kevin Brewick.
Mike and Mary Vanderford were
honored for planting flowers
at Mueller Park.
I would like to thank all
of you, who helped with this
year's clean-up. I would like
to give a special thanks to
Dennis Tuthill and Mike Wilhelm.
Others involved in planning and
execution of the day's activity include Lawrence Hutera of the park
staff, Dick McChesney, Nancy Alquist
of Fifth Northwestern Bank, and
Jeff Bodine of Bodine Musio.
Reapportionment
-i^--v LP vl * V •••••••••••••••••••••••••
by HERB MUELLER
CCUFRGNTSD with some awesome sixth
and seventh ward gerrymandering in
the reapportionment commission's intended final city reapportionment
- 'plan, that kicked Lowry Hill Bast out
**"*& its historic Calhoun-Isles community and plopped it down in a
strange new sixth ward that looks
like a turkey buzzard on the new map
(it sprawls snakelike miles eastward
almost to the Mississippi R.), a
powerful Lowry Hill Sast delegation
to the crucial Government Center
hearing Wedneday night exploded in
outrage and protest*
Although the cot-mission was established by the charter commission to
by-pass the heavy political hand of
the city council in the post-census
reapportioning, if party politics has
been removed it was not visible to
the large Lowry Hill last (LH3) delegation. ?his neighborhood is said to
have the largest single neighborhood
population in the citym yet it was
the neighborhood most imposed upon,
the neighborhood that was kicked
around the most, the neighborhood
that suffered the great losses of all
it foas battled for for ten years, and
saw its renaissance that has been
called the miracle of the Minneapolis
neighborhoods flouted in ignorance,
indifference, and the primary objective of making the seventh ward
"totally safe" for a political party.
Reapportionment, Con't. Page 12
Flowers planted were Carina, bellow
King Humbert1? Nicotiana, 'Nicki'
(white); Petunia, 'Happiness' (.ink);
Vinca, ■Little Delicate1; Celosia,
'Apricot Brandy'; Ageratum, 'Blue
Blazer1; Petunia. 'Cherry Frost'.
3 Analysis
Reapportionment
k Clean Sweep
5 Housing
6 Seniors
8 Schools
11 Mueller Park
13 Neighbors
1^ Perils
Recycling - June 19